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' Sept. 16, 1930. R. BR WNSbN' BAG Original Filed June 3, 1927 9 fig Swank Bwlph 'firowms'aw/ Patented Sept. 16, 1930 it UNITED "stares RALPH BBOWNSON, or HASTINGS, ivrrmvnsotrA BAG Application filed June 3; 19%2'7, Serial No. 196,286. Renewed November 21, 1929.

The present invention relates to a shopping bag.

There are types of shopping bags having handles or swing supports of cord fastened to the bag and extending above the upper edge in the form of loops by means of which the bag can be carried when filled with merchandise. While these present bags are usable for the purpose intended, there are certain features, such as weakness ofthe handles 0r undue slippage of the cords, which may be consid ered undesirable in certain bags of this type. An object of the present invention is to 3 make a sim 1e and im roved sho in ba p p p b a In the accompanying illustration:

Figure 1, is a view in perspective of a bag made in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2, is a vertical sectional View of the bag shown in Figure 1 in a collapsed position.

Figure 3, is a reduced vertical transverse sectional View of the bag shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4:, is a view in longitudinal section through an improved carrying handle.

Figure 5, is a transverse sectional view through one of the carrying handles.

Figure 6, is a View in side elevation of a modified form of connection for the ends of the cords; and

Figure 7, is a view in transverse section through the fastening means shown in Figure 6, secured in a handle member.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a bag 1 may be constructed of suitable material, such as heavy paper, the upper edge thereof being turned in to form a hero 2. The bottom of the bag is creased centrally andfolded no inwardly as at 3. A pair ofperforations 4;

and 5 are provided near the upper edge of each side of-the bag a short distance above the bottom of the hem 2, while a second pair of perforations 6 and? are provided in each as side spaced upwardly from the bottom of the bag: A cord 8 is passed through the I 1 1 openings 4: and6, around the bottom of the at present on the market various bag: a'ndthen up the opposite, sidearid through the corresponding openings on the other side of the bag. A second cord 9 is passed in a similar manner downwardly through the openings 5: and7, around the bottom of 1 the bag and upwardly through correspondin openings on the other side of the bag.-

A tubular handle member 10 is constructed by rolling moistened gummed paper about mandrel, not shown, to form a cylinder such as is, shown in Figures 4 and 5. One of tne free ends of thecords on each side of the bag is then inserted in one; ofthese handle members andthe two free cord ends on each side of the bag are knotted together to form handle loops 11 and 12 extending upwardly above the upper edge of the bag. The knots are then moistened and the handle members are slipped over the knots as shown in Figure l, the internal diameter of the handle member being of a size to have a' close sliding lit/over thelrnots. The moisture on the knot softens the glue uporithe interior of the. cylindenwhich, as was previously-mentioned, is of gummed paper, and which upon setting adhesively secures the knot in position within the tubular handle member.

Grummed paper strips 13 and 1d are then securely fastened in place over the lower edge of the inturned hem 2 and to the side wall of the bag below the hem, being pressed firmly around the cords to adhere thereto. The gummed paper strips 13 and 14. are preferably pressed into place by means of a resilient rubber pad, not shown. to cause the gummed paper strip to conform. as far as possible, to theshape of the cords to have a maximum amount of surface contact with the cords." The gummed paper strips 13 and 14 being fastened to the hem,.and to the side walls of the bag, securelyfasten the hem in positionand prevent articles from catching on the hem in withdrawing said articles from the bag, as sometimes occurs when the hem is free of the side walls. Instead of lniotting the cords they may be looped together and inserted while damp in a tubular handle member, as shown in Figures 6 and 7. Upon setting, the glue in the interior of the handle member holds the cords securely in position.

The construction provides a bag which may be readily held by either handle member, while placing merchandise in the bag, since the handle cords are anchored against slippage by the gummed paper strips 13 and 14.

The tubular handle members 10 distribute the.

weight of the bag evenly across the fingers of the person carrying the bag, and, having a larger diameter than the cord, form a more comfortable and convenient means of carrying the load.

The folding of the bottom inwardly instead of against a side of the bag as is customarily done permits placing the lower holes 6 and 7 closer to the bottom of the bag which aids in holding the handle cords 8 and 9 in position against lateral displacement and at the same time permits the bag to be more readily opened by simply placing merchandise within the bag. Ithas been found in bags having the bottom folded against one side or the other of the bag that the placing of merchandise in the bag does not always force the bottom of the bag open and the capacity of the bag is greatly reduced by such failure of the ba g to open, since the bag in that position is simply in the form of an enlarged envelope. In a bag having an infolding bottom, as shown, however, any merchandise placed in the bag encounters the upper edge of the infolded bottom forcing it downwardly and spreading the side walls apart;

Since the carrying cords are secured to the side walls of the bag by the gurnmed paper strips 13 and 14, upon collapsing the bag as in Figure 2, the excess cord will extend beyond the bag bottom, as at 16. This excess cordinay be brought up against the bag bottom in packing, and upon opening the bag there is no resistance to the unfolding of the bottom, as is the case where the'cord is free to slide through openings in the side walls. of the bag, and is capable of being drawn taut around the bottom of thebag while folded.

I claim:

1. The method of constructing a shopping bag which comprises passing a pair of cords beneath the bottom of a paper bag to have the free ends thereof extending above the upper edge of said bag on either side thereof, of inserting an end of a cord on either side of said bag in a tubular roll of gummed paper, of connecting the free cord ends on either side of the bag to form handle loops, of mo-istening said connected portions and of drawing the tubular rolls of gummed paper over the moistened connected portions to securely hold them in position thereon.

2. A shopping bag, comprising a bag, a cord secured to said bag and having the free ends thereof extending above the upper edge In testimony whereof I affix my signature. i

RALPH BROWN SON. 

